Ko e Failelei ʻi he Ngaahi Taimi ʻo e Faingataʻá
“TAU fai lelei ki he kakai kotoabe,” ko e ekinaki ia ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, “kae ajili be kiate kinautolu oku i he fale oe tui.” (Kaletia 6:10, PM) Ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova ʻi māmani lahí ʻoku nau feinga tōtōivi ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni ko iá ʻi heʻenau moʻuí, ʻo ngāue ki he meʻa ʻoku leleí ki he tokotaha kotoa pē, tautefito ki honau ngaahi kaungātuí. ʻOku toutou hā eni ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻo e faingataʻá. Tau vakai angé ki ha ngaahi fakatātā ki muí ni mei he ngaahi fonua ʻe tolu.
ʻI Tīsema 2002, naʻe nuiki ai ʻe ha afā mālohi ʻa Kuamu, fakataha mo e matangi naʻe laka hake ʻi he kilomita ʻe 300 ʻi he houa. Naʻe haea ʻa e ngaahi ʻapi lahi pea ʻauha fakaʻaufuli ʻa e niʻihi. Naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu vave ʻe he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga fakalotofonuá ʻa e kau ngāue fakamaʻa ke nau tokoni ki he ngaahi fāmili Fakamoʻoni ʻa ia naʻe uesia lahi tahá. Naʻe ʻomai ʻe he vaʻa ʻi Kuamú ʻa e ngaahi naunau mo e kau ngāue ke nau monomono ʻa e ngaahi ʻapi maumaú pea naʻe fai mo e tokoni ʻa e vaʻa ʻi Hauaiʻí. ʻI ha ngaahi uike siʻi, naʻe tūʻuta ai ha timi ʻo e kau tufunga mei Hauaiʻi ke tokoni ʻi he ngāue langá, pea ke tokoni kia kinautolú naʻe mālōlō ʻa e fanga tokoua fakalotofonua ʻe niʻihi mei heʻenau ngaahi ngāué. Ko e laumālie ʻo e ngāue fāitaha fiefiá ko ha fakamoʻoni ia ki he faʻahinga kotoa ʻi he koló.
ʻI he kolo ʻuta ʻo e kolo ko Mandalay, ʻi Maienimā, naʻe hoko ai ha vela ʻikai mamaʻo mei ha Fale Fakatahaʻanga. Naʻe ʻi ai ha fale ofi ai ʻo ha tuofefine ʻikai longomoʻui pea mo hono fāmilí. Naʻe puhi ʻa e matangí ki he tafaʻaki ʻo hono ʻapí, ko ia naʻá ne lele ai ki he holó ke kole tokoni. ʻI he taimi ko iá, naʻe toe fakaleleiʻi ʻa e holó, ko ia naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e fanga tokoua tokolahi. Naʻa nau ʻohovale ʻi he feʻiloaki mo e tuofefiné koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻiloʻi naʻá ne nofo ʻi he feituʻú. Naʻe tokoni vave ʻa e fanga tokouá ʻi hono fetukutuku ʻa e ngaʻotoʻota ʻa e fāmilí ki he feituʻu malú. ʻI he taimi naʻe fanongo ai ʻa e husepānití, ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai ko ha Fakamoʻoni, ʻo fekauʻaki mo e velá, naʻá ne fakavave ki ʻapi ʻo maʻu atu ki ai ʻa e fanga tokouá ʻi heʻenau tokangaʻi ʻa hono fāmilí. ʻI he maongo mo e houngaʻiá, naʻá ne toe fiefia koeʻuhi ʻoku faʻa kaihaʻa ʻa e kau kaihaʻá ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga peheé. Ko e fakahāhā ko eni ʻo e anga-ʻofá ʻe he fanga tokouá naʻe ueʻi ai ʻa e tuofefiné mo hono fohá ke na toe feohi mo e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané, pea ʻokú na maʻu he taimí ni ʻa e ngaahi fakatahá kotoa.
Lolotonga ʻa e taʻu fakangāue kuo ʻosí, naʻe fehangahangai ai ʻa e tokolahi ʻi Mosemipīki mo e honge tupu mei he ngaahi laʻalaʻā pea ʻikai lelei ʻa e ngoué. Naʻe tali vave ʻa e ʻōfisi vaʻa fakalotofonua ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻaki ʻene tokonaki ʻa e meʻakai ki he faʻahinga faingataʻaʻiá. Naʻe fai ʻa e tufa meʻakaí ʻi he ngaahi Fale Fakatahaʻangá, ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi hili ʻa e ngaahi fakataha ʻa e fakatahaʻangá. Ko ha tuofefine ʻe taha ʻa ia ko ha mātuʻa taʻehoa naʻá ne pehē: “Naʻá ku haʻu loto-mafasia ki he fakatahá, ʻo ʻikai ʻiloʻi pe ko e hā te u ʻoange ki heʻeku fānaú ke nau kai ʻi heʻeku foki ki ʻapí.” Ko e tokoni ʻofa naʻe tokonaki ʻe he fanga tokouá naʻá ne fakalototoʻaʻi vave ia. “Naʻe hangē ia kiate au ha toetuʻú!” ko ʻene leá ia.
Ko e Kau Fakamoʻoní ʻoku nau toe “fai lelei” ʻi ha founga fakalaumālie ʻaki hono vahevahe atu ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e fakafiemālie mo e ʻamanaki ʻi he Tohi Tapú. ʻOku nau tui ʻo hangē ko e tangata poto ʻi he kuonga muʻá: “Ka ko ia ʻoku fakaongo kiate au [ki he poto fakaʻotua] te ne nofo nonga, pea te ne ʻatā mei he manavahe ki he kovi.”—Palovepi 1:33.
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 31]
1, 2. Tufaki ʻo e meʻakaí ki he faʻahinga faingataʻaʻiá ʻi Mosemipīki
3, 4. Ko e afā lahi ʻi Kuamú naʻá ne fakaʻauha ʻa e ngaahi ʻapi lahi
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Kiʻi leka, toʻohema: Andrea Booher/FEMA News Photo; fefine, ʻi ʻolungá: AP Photo/Pacific Daily News, Masako Watanabe